Example sentences of "[vb base] be meaning [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been meaning to talk to you , but you 've ducked out of the building so fast after finishing your show these last two days , ’ she told him when he stopped to greet her and ask if she had heard the brilliant spontaneous earthquake joke he 'd cracked on air that morning . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been meaning to talk to you about that . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been meaning to write to The Post letter page about it for several years . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been meaning to speak to you , Rachaela , ’ she said , ‘ about the way you keep being late . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been meaning to speak to you about my going to London , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Dear Guitarist I have been meaning to write to your fine mag for a long time , but whenever I was about to put pen to paper someone else got there before me with the same topic . |
| 7 | Dear Rosemary , I know you must receive hundreds of letters like mine but I have been meaning to write to you now for ages . |